Remains of the Day (12/15)

UPDATE: I was just bitching about how odd it was that we still hadn't heard what killed Sinead O'Connor and Matthew Perry, when word came this afternoon that the latter apparently died from a Special K overdose in his hot tub. Read HERE.

MetroWeekly: Am I too cynical or just a fan of good journalism? Multiple reports about Jonathan Bailey's being threatened in a coffee place left me thinking it was the second coming of Jussie Smollett. Someone just randomly walked up to him and asked if he was famous? Someone grabbed and then threw his cap, calling him "queer"? None of it rang true ... until someone finally wrote an article that explained that the cashier was making a fuss after recognizing him (from "Bridgerton") and that he was wearing an HRC cap in the nation's capital, one of the few places where even a bigot might know what that means. No, fleshing this out doesn't excuse what happened. But details do help the reader better understand the context of this vile incident. Kudos to John Riley at MW for taking the time to get it right. 

The Randy Report: Church of England approves blessing for same-sex couples

Donald Beaulieu: 50 years ago, psychiatrists stopped calling homosexuality a mental illness

Celebration: Rave reviews of Madonna's first two shows in Brooklyn, from the Gay Curmudgeon and Boy Culture

WaPo: Do you like "Silent Night"? There are more than 3,700 covers for you

Saturday 'Stache: And he's wearing tighty-whities, to boot

DHBIS: 25% off all "Koo Koo" items ends today

Greg in Hollywood: Nico Tortorella has finally cut his hair!

Sofia Andrade: Someone finally wrote up my airport pet peeve

AP: Australian court tosses woman's two-decade-old convictions in deaths of her four children or, All you need is a millennial podcast and you can get away with murder

NBC News: National Film Registry’s LGBT collection is growing

Speedo Sunday: When you shop at Thirsty Male dot com

Baseline: How do you say "dripping with sarcasm" in Serbo-Croatian? (Add this to my list of reasons I love Novak Djokovic!!!)

Interview: How Art Basel got one man thinking about the meaning of jockstraps

NYP: Ex-NYPD cop busted for explicit messages with boys, sexually assaulting one in the wood

Variety: Billy Porter and Luke Evans play separating gay parents in earnest "Our Son"

Reuters: Moldovan court awards gay soldier damages for ill treatment

PinkNews: Gay man set to be deported from Edmonton, Alberta, to Uganda: "I’m in a nightmare"

Hot Cat of the Day: Cafe society is where it's at -- and you should see the photographer!